Chapter 632

Demeter has a large tonnage, deep water and thick skin. If the keel is not damaged, the whole ship is unlikely to be sunk by torpedoes. However, if torpedoes are always used as targets, there will inevitably be the risk of sinking. Therefore, the mercenaries of international risk consulting company decided to use the containers on the ship as bait to throw them into the water, which can, to a certain extent, induce torpedoes to attack the containers rather than the Demeter itself.

However, the speed advantage of torpedo speedboat is incomparable. Although the floating container on the sea slows the speedboat down a lot, it still catches up and gradually goes around the side of the tanker. Torpedoes are here to launch torpedoes in the face of heavy gunfire from oil tankers, but the raindrops of containers make them unable to find the time to aim.

"Inform the captain, run over and crush them!" Seeing this, the commander of the mercenary felt that it was an opportunity, so he decisively contacted the captain. Under his command, the tanker began to yaw to the right. This time, the torpedoes were completely frightened. They wanted to avoid. But just now they were too close. It was too late to avoid. In a few minutes, the crew of the torpedoes watched the blue sky disappear in front of their eyes. Instead, the black painted side of the ship came near, and then the two ships collided, Then Demeter rolled the missile boat into the sea.

After one hit, Demeter escaped. The mercenaries of international risk consulting company cheered excitedly. However, they understood that the threat of the Iraqi navy has not been completely removed, and there may still be Iraqi naval forces and air forces around.

The incident of Demeter's encounter with the Iraqi navy has been transmitted to Glencore group headquarters, Mediterranean Shipping headquarters and the branch of international risk consulting company set up in Dubai through iridium system. The armed helicopter of international risk consulting company has taken off to the accident area and also informed the US military forces nearby. Although the United States and Iran are at odds, Mediterranean Shipping Group and Glencore group are both enterprises of neutral Switzerland, while international risk consulting companies are enterprises registered in the United States. The U.S. military is obliged to provide assistance to international risk consulting companies. Moreover, attacking oil tankers is an intolerable act of the US military, and naturally the US military will not ignore it and stand idly by. However, the US military does not want to intervene too much in the Iran Iraq war, so they can only provide intelligence support.

After getting rid of the entanglement of the Iraqi Navy Missile speedboat, the Demeter goddess began to leave the accident area at full speed. However, soon after, they learned a bad news. According to the information provided by the US military, it seems that there are Iraqi warplanes rushing to the accident area.

At Glencore's headquarters in Switzerland, mark Ritchie is on the phone with Iran. The cruise ship sunk by the Iraqi Navy not long ago caused hundreds of millions of dollars of losses to the Gorky brothers. More importantly, because the oil tanker sank into the sea, mark Ritchie's oil delivery to customers was delayed, which seriously affected the goodwill of Glencore. It's the last thing mark Ritchie can stand. The oil business of Glencore group is in the gray area of law. This kind of business reputation comes first, just like those big drug lords in South America, who always talk about reputation in business, otherwise they can't get stable and reliable customers at all. If Demeter was sunk, mark Ritchie would not be able to account to his clients.

Mark Ritchie is not talking to anyone else. It's Iran's current president, Ayatollah Khamenei. For Iran, Glencore is now its biggest buyer of oil. Mark Ritchie came to Iran shortly after the Communist revolution to run the oil spot business. In Iran, mark Ritchie is similar to Comrade Hamer. He is not only a guest of the president of Iran, but also a VIP of supreme leader Khomeini. And mark Ritchie is wanted by the U.S. government for running an oil business with Iran and the government all over the world for treason.

Now mark Ritchie can't leave Switzerland, but his influence in Iran is still there. So when the Demeter was attacked by the Iraqi Navy, mark Ritchie immediately called President Khamenei and asked the Iranian Air Force to escort the Demeter.

"I'm sorry, mark! You know, we are suffering from sanctions now. Our F14 fighters are short of spare parts. If they are shot down, it will cause serious losses to our air force! " Khamenei refused without thinking about it, saying that when Glencore group and Iran's business money and goods are settled, the Iranian side will no longer be responsible for the safety of the oil tanker when it leaves the port, otherwise the Iranian Air Force will not be bothered to death.

"Khamenei, you can say that. Well, this is the end of our business. From now on, my tanker will never buy a barrel of oil from Iran. You can decide for yourself." Mark Ritchie is about to drop the phone in anger. In the past, he never dared to say this. I'm afraid he not only did not dare to say it, but also carefully managed the relationship between Glencore and the Iranian government. However, the acquisition of samotrol oil field by shariosha is close to success. Now mark Ritchie controls almost as much oil as Iran. In this case, mark Ritchie naturally has the confidence to say no.

Hearing the busy voice from the receiver, Khamenei was also angry. How could Khamenei bear the threat that the president of your country was threatened by an oil dealer. But when he calmed down, Khamenei picked up the phone and called back. Reality had to make him bow. The Iran Iraq war left Iran with tens of billions of dollars of foreign debt, and its domestic economy collapsed long ago. If we cut off the oil business with Glencore again, how can Iranians survive. Even for the sake of his country, Khamenei can't fight mark Ritchie.

The phone had been waiting for a minute before Mark Ritchie answered. When Mark Ritchie's voice came from the opposite side, Khamenei first apologized to mark Ritchie. Later, he expressed his own difficulties. Iran is now facing simultaneous sanctions from the United States and the Soviet Union. There is a shortage of spare parts for fighter planes. If even one fighter plane is shot down, the loss of Iran's air force will be irreparable.

"President Khamenei, do not hesitate to help my tanker escort! If your F14 is shot down, I'll get you Su27... "Mark Ritchie said coldly.